Cameroon
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Parlement - Parliament
Chamber name
Sénat - Senate (Senate)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1963
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the Senate
Speaker
Marcel
Niat Njifenji
(Male)
Year of birth
1934
Term
12.06.2013
Additional information
Elected on 12 June 2013, re-elected on 17 March 2014, 17 March 2015, 15 March 2016, 21 March 2017, 3 March 2018, 4 May 2018, on 14 March 2019, on 26 March 2020 and on 19 April 2023.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Michel
Meva'a M'Eboutou
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 18 June 2013.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Indirectly elected
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Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
70
Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
30
Note on the statutory number of members
Each region is represented in the Senate by 10 Senators, seven of whom are indirectly elected at the regional level and the remaining three are appointed by decree of the President of the Republic. The Senators are elected in each region by an electoral college composed of regional and municipal councillors.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
69
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
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See historical data for this field.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Ahmadou Tidjani (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
At least one woman should be represented on each list
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Cf. Law 2012/001 of 19 April 2012 on the electoral code.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.